Another Bump In The Road

Troy listened to Mallory as she spoke about Frank and how he will go for anything shiny which he nodded followed by a slight shrug. Hearing about Mal's mom and how she is like her he just chuckled and smirked as she mentioned how he and the rest of the Club should be on their best behavior with the folks in town. "Well I'll be alright and I'm sure a few others will. If anyone gets out of line I'll put them in there place, Club members tend to take notice when one of their own is putting them in there place." Explained Troy to Mallory. He then chuckled at Mal's comment about how Cassie and her mom will get along famously and that made Troy smirk yet again. "Finally she will have time to help people instead of screwing Mark." said Troy half jokingly to Mallory. But then his smirk went away as the conversation went dark. Memories flashed through his mind of the people he had to kill to get here and what he had seen along the way, he shook his head not letting it bother him as he turned to look at Mallory.

"You don't let her know at all even if she brings it up you...You lie. Sometimes the truth hurts and you don't know how people are going to take it. Like with Cassie for example she seems alright now but when that incident happened with the little girl she cried every night. It's was only until she found Mark that she stopped crying. She told Mark what happened but he's a soldier I mean he can take that but your family that's another thing...In my opinion just act like it's another furlow. You think I told my nephew how many people I killed before all this? No I didn't because well one he was a cop and two it would hurt him more then it would hurt me." said Troy to Mallory. The next part now was a bit hard to swallow as Mallory was asking him to leave the Club. The only family that he had left and she was asking him to leave it? He nodded as he bit his lower lip he understood where she was coming from and he couldn't blame her. He took off his grey beanie and looked at it. "This Club is honestly the only thing I've ever cared about. Didn't care much about family or past relationships but the Club that's a brotherhood for life. I'll have a word with Frank soon but I can't promise anything Mal...Besides if I leave the Club it won't be good at all...I remember we had this guy a long time ago, his name was Jeremy and he wanted to leave the Club. Now Jeremy was a soldier like me, he was all patched in and he had been in the Club roughly the same time as me so in a sense we went through the same shit. But yeah he met a sweet girl named Annie and he wanted to live a straight and narrow life for her but Frank said no and Jeremy well he was pissed understandably." said Troy to Mallory.

He took a breath before continuing. "So he said "Fuck the Club I'm out." this fucking guy threw his vest at Frank and tried to walk out. I'll give Jeremy this he had balls to do that but Frank didn't like that one bit so me, Cutler, Max and Warren saw that happen. Frank ordered us to grab him so we did. I...I was drunk so I held Jeremy down as did Cutler and the others and Frank he...He gave Jeremy a choice...Flaying or burning the tattoo off his back. Jeremy panicked and Frank burned his tattoo off." said Troy to Mallory. He let out a heavy sigh and shook his head as he still remembered Jeremy screaming. "When you leave the Club you can either do it in a good way or a not so good way like Jeremy. But if I leave the Club chances are I'm going to get my tattoo on my left bicep blackened out It's the logo of the Club." said Troy to Mallory. He then put his grey beanie back on and he stood up offering his hand out to Mallory. "Come on let's head back I'm sure Jake misses you." teased Troy with a smirk to Mallory.

Troy laughed and shook his head as he heard Mallory saying he was jealous of Jake. "Oh yeah I'm REAL jealous of Jake the American hero." said Troy sarcastically to Mallory. When she spoke about Paco and Frank getting their asses handed to them by a five foot five girl Troy just kept looking at Mallory and smirk. "Yeah they did get their asses kicked but I'm sure I could hold my own against you. I mean you are pretty distracting I'll give you that with that rockin' body of yours I'm sure you could catch me off guard." teased Troy. After hearing Mallory's concerns for Frank about the next time he misjudges a situation caused Troy to chuckle. "I've known Frank for years and he never makes the same mistake twice." said Troy to Mallory. It was then he heard her concerns about him now and it was cute her caring about him. He put his hand on her shoulder to stop her and stood in front of her as he took her hands. Yeah it was out of character for him to do this but he wanted to show her that he cared for her as a friend. "I'll be fine Mallory...Trust me you don't need to worry about me. Like I said I'll have a word with Frank as soon as we get back." said Troy to Mallory. He then let go of her hands and hugged her. Even though Troy was a harden criminal he still had his moments where he could be a softy. "If you ever need me I'm here Mal." said Troy as he hugged her. He then let go of her and chuckled. "Sorry about that...Sometimes it's nice to be cared for." said Troy softly to Mallory as they continued on their way back to camp. 

Cassie had just finish taking care of Paco or well as best as she could. When they left she looked up and smiled as Mallory came in with Troy behind her. Cassie just smirked and rolled her eyes at Mallory's comment about Claudia keeping her busy. "Yeah I'm always busy I can't wait to get some help in the clinic when we take back Bar Harbor." said Cassie as she smirked at Mallory and Troy. It was then she was asked about Mark and why he was looking for Jake. "Well to be honest I don't know why maybe-" said Cassie to Mal before she got distracted by Mark walking in. "Speak of the devil. Hey babe why do you need to talk to Jake?" asked Cassie to Mark as she was curious. Mark let out a sigh followed by a shrug. "I just want to pull my weight around here I mean it's nice getting wood for the fires and going on watch but I just want to patrol the area. I mean being in the Army I was a point man I usually ran Infiltration tactics with my unit. I'd figured I could talk to Jake maybe help in out and what not in case he or any of the other patrols ran into Big Dick and his goons." explained Mark to Mallory and the others.

Troy crossed his arms and nodded as he like Mark's idea of helping out Jake. "Not bad soldier boy...Not bad at all." said Troy casually. He looked to Mallory then the other two before speaking up. "Okay well I'm going to go talk to Frank. So I'll catch y'all later." said Troy as he left the trio in the makeshift medical tent to go talk to Frank. He found Frank at a table with Max and Roger. "Hey Frank you alright?" asked Troy to Frank who nodded. "Yeah that bitch got the drop on me but I appreciate you handling it. So I sent Warren out hunting with a few of our boys. If they find anything they will bring it back." said Frank casually. It was then Troy rubbed the back of his neck and Frank caught that. "So what's going on Fox?" asked Frank to Troy who let out a heavy sigh. "When we take back Bar Harbor we have a real shot at making it. I was just thinking maybe me and a few of the boys can stay behind and help them get on their feet? If we help them it could benefit us in the long run." explained Troy to Frank who let out a sigh and looked away as he was thinking. "If we have an alliance with these folks no blood will be split plus we could trade supplies to one another and save our bullets for anyone who tries to fuck with us when we are back in Old Orchard Beach." said Roger to Frank who nodded before looking back to Troy. "Gotta think about it but I'll let you know soon." said Frank to Troy who smiled. Frank smiled back and Troy sat down with them. Frank then began to talk about Old Orchard Beach and the big plans he had for that beautiful place.

Cassie turned her head as she saw Claudia walking in with new recruits and chuckled as she heard her comment. "Never a dull moment here." said Cassie with a smirk to Claudia. She put on her latex gloves and soon checked out the new recruits with some help from Mal to make the process go faster. "Alright so I'm Cassie what's your name?" asked Cassie to the first patent. "I'm...I'm Ronnie." said Ronnie in a nervous tone to Cassie. She could see that he was nervous due to him not making eye contact with her and she just smiled and lifted up his sleeves as she checked his arms and then when she was done with that she looked at him and caught him staring at her boobs which made him quickly look away. Cassie just chuckled and smirked. She was used to all the looks hell even in the apocalypse she still looked damn good. "Alright Ronnie I need you take off your clothes so I can...Finish the check up." said Cassie to Ronnie as she wanted to avoid saying the words bite or scratch just in case of a panic. He quickly looked up at her then at the people around the room. "W-What you mean...Right now?" asked Ronnie softly to Cassie who took his arm and lead him behind a curtain away from prying eyes. Once she was finished with Ronnie she gave Mal a thumbs up signalling her to bring in the next patent.

A man came limping in and as Cassie checked up on him she noticed how pale he was. "Are you feeling sick or a bit under the weather?" asked Cassie to the man. She checked his arms next finding no bites or scratches. As Cassie continued to check him out Mark smirked at the man as he crossed his arms. "You look like someone I used to know back in the Army. Funny I almost thought you were him for a minute." said Mark with a smirk to the man as he was remembering the soldier he had met during one of his tours. Mark nodded at Mal and took his leave heading to find Claudia or Jake. As soon as he stepped out he saw Claudia with the new recruits he walked over to her to have a quick word. "Hey Claudia you're the leader of this place so I figured I would ask you. I want to go on runs with Jake and his people. I used to be in the Army I can help out a lot more out there then staying in here." said Mark being honest with Claudia he was just hoping he didn't offend her in anyway.

Cassie cleared her throat as she looked at the man. "If you don't mind I need you to take off your clothes and follow me behind that curtain so we can finish this." said Cassie casually to the man. She could understand how these new recruits felt with being told to strip the embarrassment of standing there naked feeling like they are judging you but for Cassie it was just another day at the office.

Cassie wasn't fazed at all when the pale man took off his shirt but she noticed the tattoo on his left pectoral it read "Brother". "How many brothers do you have?" asked Cassie as she checked him out. "Now if you don't mind follow me behind this curtain because I need you to take off your pants for this next part. I noticed when you were walking in here you have a limp. I just want check it out if you don't mind." said Cassie as she tried to reassure the man. She could understand about if he was nervous about getting naked but she had seen just about everything. She walked over to the curtain and waited for the man to come over. "Hey Mallory tell me what was the last movie you saw? What about you?" asked Cassie to Mallory and the pale man. She knew it was random but sometimes going off topic helped took the nervousness off the patent's mind.

Mark smirked and chuckled at Claudia's comment about him staying in camp to hold Cassie's hand. "Cassandra's a big girl she will be fine even among those bikers I bet she could kick their asses." said Mark half jokingly. He then followed Claudia away from the others. " I was in the Army I was a point man and I usually ran Infiltration tactics with my unit. When the shit hit the fan I had been out for awhile I was honorably discharged but still I get PTSD every once in awhile." explained Mark to Claudia. When they got to the shack he smirked and nodded as he saw the battering ram. He looked over the chemicals and thought to himself for a moment. "Hmmm...Damn I wish Samson was here he was a EOD I knew back in the day he would be a fat kid in a candy store now if he saw this." said Mark with a smirk to Claudia as he looked over the chemicals. "I know bleach and rubbing alcohol make a toxic chloroform if you want to knock them out but if they breath that in long enough it could kill them if you wanted to surprise attack them at night. Vinegar and Peroxide can make an acid which will burn the hell out of their skin or eyes possibly causing blindness. I saw some peroxide in the medical tent. Lastly I remembered Samson told me about Bleach and Ammonia mixing those two will cause an explosion. But I don't see any ammonia here, if you want I can go on a quick run and go grab some? Hell how about you join me?" asked Mark to Claudia. "Look I'm sure going out on a run will do you some good and besides Mallory can watch the camp while you we are gone." said Mark to Claudia.